A Newborn Is Diagnosed with a Heart Defect

question 9

Multiple Choice

A newborn is diagnosed with a heart defect.The mother says,"I tried to be so careful while I was pregnant.What happened?" What should the nurse consider before responding?

• A)Fetal heart development begins at the third week.
• B)The fetal heart begins to beat in the sixth week.
• C)Many women do not realize they are pregnant until after organogenesis has begun.
• D)Teratogens begin to affect cardiac development as early as week eight of fetal development.
• E)No specific substances have been known to affect the development of the fetal heart.

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